Barber Jans (d. 1570)

Barber Jans, an Anabaptist martyr, was executed by drowning on 13 February 1570, at Haarlem, Dutch province of North Holland, after which her corpse was burned. Particulars regarding this martyr are not known.

Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 845. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.